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Christopher Paul Curtis has received the 2024 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was announced Jan. 22 during the Youth Media Awards at the American Library Association’s (ALA) LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, held Jan. 19–22. 

The American Library Association (ALA) on January 22 announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners — the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – during the American Library Association’s LibLearnX conference in Baltimore. The complete press release containing all

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and the graphic arts; promote an understanding and appreciation of the black culture and experience; and commemorate the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in supporting the work of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for peace and world brotherhood.  

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Hillsborough County is promoting an app called Beanstack, where students can log their reading hours and earn digital badges for various milestones during the Summer Reading Challenge.

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A middle-grade novel about a secret community of formerly enslaved people has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book. The award went to Amina Luqman-Dawsons “Freewater.”

No injuries were reported after a vehicle crashed into a building at Texas Southern University on Tuesday afternoon.